Planter lamp



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PLANTER um? Filed Oct. 6, 1954 650/265 NELSON United States PatentPLANTER LAB/11 George Nelson, New York, N. Y., assignor to PriceBrothers, Inc., Chicago, 111., a corporation of Illinois ApplicationOctober 6, 1954, Serial No. 460,560

3 Claims. (Cl. 2402) The invention relates to improvements in lamps andis more particularly concerned with the novel, rugged construction andassembly of a planter lamp or lighting fixture.

More specifically, the present invention relates to a novel display andlighting fixture of a kind that has a light source arranged within ashell-like housing in a manner to direct light rays upwardly anddownwardly and said housing has an adjustable canopy spaced thereabove,preferably perforated, so that light rays may pass therethrough. Theshell-like housing is provided also with novel means to receive andsupport the stems of flowers, leaves or the like, which may be arrangedin the space between the top of the housing and the canopy or otherwisedisposed to present an attractive display. It is, therefore, an objectof the invention to provide a novel display and lighting fixture of thecharacter referred to.

Another object of the invention is to provide a novel canopy for alighting fixture.

Another object is to provide means for adjusting the height and angulardisposition of the canopy.

Another object of the invention is to provide a lighting fixture withnovel means to retain flowers, leaves, or other auxiliary ornamentaldevices in any selected arrangement. g

Another. object is to provide a novel housing for a lighting fixturewhich is open at its top and bottom and has an illuminated advertisingdisplayin its front wall.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention consists of certain novel featuresof construction, arrange ment and combination of parts hereinafter fullydescribed, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and particularlypointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that variouschanges in the form, proportion, size and minor details of the structuremay be made without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of theadvantages of the invention.

For the purpose of facilitating an understanding of my invention, I haveillustrated in the accompanying drawings a preferred embodiment thereof,from an inspection of which, when considered in connection with thefollowing description, my invention, its mode of construction, assemblyand operation, and many of its advantages, should be readily understoodand appreciated.

Referring to the drawings in which the same characters of reference areemployed to indicate corresponding or similar parts throughout theseveral figures of the drawmgs:

Fig. 1 is a front elevational view of a lighting fixture embodying thefeatures of the present invention, showing a portion broken away.

Fig. 2 is a rear elevational view of the lighting fixture.

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view of the lighting fixture, takensubstantially on line 33 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectional View, taken substantially on line 44 ofFig. 1.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawings,

the lighting fixture includes a shell-like housing 11 preferablyfabricated from sheet metal stock and it includes a front wall 12, aback wall 13 and connecting end walls 14. All of these walls areinclined inwardly downwardly to reduce the size of the open bottom 15.Preferably the top and bottom edges of the walls 12, 13 and 14 arefolded over inwardly as at 16 and 17 respectively, to provide inturnedflanges and also to afford a finished rolled edge to said walls.Arranged within the shell-like housing is a lamp bulb 18 which may bemounted in any conventional type of lamp socket 19 firmly secured as byan ear 21 to a bracket 22 firmly mounted, as by welding, to the insideface of the back wall 13 adjacent one of the end walls 14.

The back wall 13 preferably is dished or otherwise formed, as at 23, toprovide a wall portion 24 having an aperture 25 through which theelectric wires 26, leading to the lamp socket 19 from any suitablesource of supply, may extend. This dished portion 23 of the back wall 13also preferably is provided with a pair of hanger openings 27, eachadapted to receive a hanger therein for mounting the shell-like housingupon a vertical surface, such as a wall. In order to prevent marring ofthe wall surface against which the dished portion 23 rests, said dishedportion may have secured to its outside face, preferably around themarginal area thereof, a felt or other resilient washer or pad 28.

A canopy 29 is mounted on and spaced above the housing 11. This canopypreferably is fabricated from sheet stock suitably shaped in the mannerillustrated and provided on its under face with U-shaped brackets orjournals 31, one adjacent each end thereof, for receiving thereinhorizontally disposed end portions 32 of rods 33. The rods have theirlower free ends each slidably mounted in a bracket or socket 34,secured, as by welding, one to the inside face of each end wall 14adjacent the upper edge thereof. This mounting of the rods 33 permitsvertical adjustment of the canopy 29 relative to the housing 11. Suchadjustment is effected easily by manually engaging either the rods orthe canopy and moving the same downwardly or upwardly. As is perhapsbest illustrated in Fig. 1, the brackets.31 receiving the rod endportions32 are located inwardly of the vertical portions of said rodsand provide a slide fit for said end portion 32 to adapt'the rods forconformance with the spacing requirements depending upon the verticalposition of the canopy.

The canopy 29, in addition to being bodily adjusted vertically relativeto the housing 11, may be swung angularly into any desired positionabout the horizontal end portions 32 to thereby adapt the lightingfixture to disseminate more or less light upwardly through the open topof the housing 11. Additionally, the canopy 29 has an over-all patternof perforations 35 therein. These perforations permit tiny rays of lightto pass through the otherwise opaque canopy to greatly enhance theesthetic effect of the lighting fixture both when illuminated and whennot illuminated.

Means is provided in the housing 11 to facilitate selective arrangementof real or artificial flowers, leaves or like articles 36, and to thisend the inturned flanges 16 on the upper edges of the housing walls havespaced struckout portions 37, each of which defines a socket orreceptacle to receive the stem or stems of such ornamentation. The frontwall 12 of the housing may have a cut-out portion 33 of any desiredconfiguration to receive therein a transparent or translucent panel 39bearing a pictorial representation or advertising matter which will beilluminated when the lamp is on.

It is believed that my invention, its mode of construction and assembly,and many of its advantages, should be readily understood from theforegoing without further Patented Oct. 22, 1957 V 3 description, and.itushould. also be manifest that while a preferred embodiment of theinvention has been shown and described for illustrative'purposes, thestructural details are nevertheless. capable of. wide variation within.-

the purview of my invention as defined in-the'appended claims.

What I- claim and desire to secure lay-Letters Patent of theUnit'edStates is: p

1 A lighting fixture comprising, in combination, a

substantially rectangular housing having asource of ilinside faces of'said. wa'lls, ornament'receiving pockets in said inwardly turnedmargins, apair of --substantially vertically disposed sockets one on theinside face of each 4 aninverted. substantially flat dished canopy, anda. pair of axially aligned bearings on the bottom face of sa1d canopyadjacent to one longitudinal edge each to shdingly receive the teminalportion of one of said rods, said rods being vertically adjustable intheir sockets and the canopy being tiltable about the terminal rodportions.

3. A lighting fixture comprising, in combination, a

' substantially rectangular housing having a source of i1- endiwall,said-sockets being located substantiallym-idway between the frontandback walls and closely adjacent to the top of said housing, a-rod.telescoped a't-it's lowerend in each socket and extending upwardlytherefrom, the

upperterminal portion of each-rod extending perpendicular'thereto one inaxial alignment with-the other, an inverted substantially fiat dishedcanopy, said canopy having an area greater than the-area of the openupperend 'of the housing, and a pair-of axially aligned bearingson thebottom' face of said canopy adjacent to one longitudinal edge each toslidingly receive the terminal portion-of one of said rods, said rodsbeing vertically adjustable in their sockets-and the canopy beingtiltable about the ter-,

mina'l-r'od-portions: V V 7 22 A lighting fixture comprising, incombination, a

substantially rectangular housing having 'a'source of 'il---lumina'tion" therein, said housing including 'front,back, and connectingend walls and being'opcn at its top and bottom. The uppermargin s of theend walls being turned inwardly finto substantially face-to-face contactwiththe ihside faces-of'said Wall'sjto define flanges,or'namentrecivin'g po'ckets-in-said flanges, apair of substantiallyvertieafl'y disposed sockets one on the-inside race of 'each between thefront and back walls and closelyadjacent to the top ofs'aidfhousing, arod telescoped at itsjlower end in each. socket and" extending upwardlytherefrom, theuppert'erminal portion of each r'od extending perpenj endwan; said socketsheing'loca'ted substantiallylmidway dicula-rthereto'one' inaxial alignment with the other,

lumination therein, said housing including front, back, I and connectingend Walls and being open atits top and bottom, at least the end wallsbeing inclined upwardly outwardly, ornamentreceiving pockets on theinside faces of the side and front walls, a pair of substantially'vertically disposed sockets one .on the inside-face of each end wall,said sockets being located closely adjacent to the top of said housing,a rod telescoped at its lower end in'each socket and extending upwardlytherefrom, the upper terminal portion of each-'rod fextendin'gpeipehdicular thereto one-in axial alignment with the other, am

inverted substantially fiatdishedcanopy, saidcanopy hawing an areagreater than the area of the open upperfend' of the housing; and-a-pairofaxially aligned bearings on the bottom face of said canopy adjacent to-one longitudinal edge eaehto-slidingly receive the terminal portion-cfone of said rods, said rods'heing vertically adjustable in theirsockets-and horizontally adjustable in'their bearings and the canopybeing tiltable about the terminal rod portions, 7 7

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